A large wildfire in Beauregard Parish in southwest Louisiana has prompted evacuations. The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness spokesperson Mike Steele says several rural areas have been impacted by wildfires and the fear is that it will only get worse as the hot and dry weather shows no signs of relenting…
There have been 357 wildfires reported this month.
The Department of Children and Family Services unveils a new online Child Support Estimator. DCFS Child Support Director Konitra (Co-knee-tra) Jack says families can simply enter their income and a few other steps…
Cut 7 (06) “…right there.”
You can find the estimator on DCFS’s website.
A documentary about how more than 18,000 Katrina evacuees called the Cajundome in Lafayette their temporary home will air on LPB at 7 tonight
Cut 1 (32) “….I’m Teiko Foxx.”
The body of a Pearl Habor sailor who died while serving on the USS Oklahoma is returning to Louisiana after more than 80 years. The ship’s Cook First Class Clarence Thompson of New Orleans was killed in the surprise December 7, 1941, attack. His funeral will be held at the veteran’s cemetery in Slidell Friday.